Sidhe Said
@altnamackin.bsky.social
Politics-nerdy and proud. Work in words and pictures. Part-time postgrad student. Ex-South Armagh, Ireland, now NZ. Opinions my own.
Many more posts over at the bad place until it becomes Truth X and then I'm here for good.
Many more posts over at the bad place until it becomes Truth X and then I'm here for good.
Preliminary results are in and Wendy Schollum has consolidated her lead in the Hastings Mayoral contest - now well over 500 votes in front.
www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/.../2025-tri....
Results not even close to the Curia / @taxpayersunion.bsky.social 'poll'. Can't think how they got it so wrong! 🤔 😆
www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/.../2025-tri....
Results not even close to the Curia / @taxpayersunion.bsky.social 'poll'. Can't think how they got it so wrong! 🤔 😆
October 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Preliminary results are in and Wendy Schollum has consolidated her lead in the Hastings Mayoral contest - now well over 500 votes in front.
www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/.../2025-tri....
Results not even close to the Curia / @taxpayersunion.bsky.social 'poll'. Can't think how they got it so wrong! 🤔 😆
www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/.../2025-tri....
Results not even close to the Curia / @taxpayersunion.bsky.social 'poll'. Can't think how they got it so wrong! 🤔 😆
I'm still here too! but both cats have vanished 🤔
September 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I'm still here too! but both cats have vanished 🤔
Any idea why someone has OIA-ed the *names* of submitters on RMA reform Package 2?
@greenpeace.org.nz @nzgreenparty.bsky.social
@greenpeace.org.nz @nzgreenparty.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Any idea why someone has OIA-ed the *names* of submitters on RMA reform Package 2?
@greenpeace.org.nz @nzgreenparty.bsky.social
@greenpeace.org.nz @nzgreenparty.bsky.social
So weird that they weren't OK with p4ssies and t1ts but they were OK with this:
September 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
So weird that they weren't OK with p4ssies and t1ts but they were OK with this:
Women (and guys who get it), how much longer are we going to stand for this sh1te?
(BTW William's ridiculous misogyny, revealed beyond his usual circle in 2014 in a text message dump, isn't even original, it's from a 1986 movie.)
(BTW William's ridiculous misogyny, revealed beyond his usual circle in 2014 in a text message dump, isn't even original, it's from a 1986 movie.)
September 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Women (and guys who get it), how much longer are we going to stand for this sh1te?
(BTW William's ridiculous misogyny, revealed beyond his usual circle in 2014 in a text message dump, isn't even original, it's from a 1986 movie.)
(BTW William's ridiculous misogyny, revealed beyond his usual circle in 2014 in a text message dump, isn't even original, it's from a 1986 movie.)
Women: 'a p^ssy and 2 t!ts' (S Nash)
'If they didn't have a fan&y between their legs they'd have a bounty on their heads' (J Williams)
These were the MC choices for the TPU Hastings Mayoral debate apparently.
Stu couldn't make it so we got the Bounty Kid.
Plus three blokes. #nzpol
'If they didn't have a fan&y between their legs they'd have a bounty on their heads' (J Williams)
These were the MC choices for the TPU Hastings Mayoral debate apparently.
Stu couldn't make it so we got the Bounty Kid.
Plus three blokes. #nzpol
September 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Women: 'a p^ssy and 2 t!ts' (S Nash)
'If they didn't have a fan&y between their legs they'd have a bounty on their heads' (J Williams)
These were the MC choices for the TPU Hastings Mayoral debate apparently.
Stu couldn't make it so we got the Bounty Kid.
Plus three blokes. #nzpol
'If they didn't have a fan&y between their legs they'd have a bounty on their heads' (J Williams)
These were the MC choices for the TPU Hastings Mayoral debate apparently.
Stu couldn't make it so we got the Bounty Kid.
Plus three blokes. #nzpol
Find yourself someone who looks at you like Stu looks at Winnie. Actually, don't.
September 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Find yourself someone who looks at you like Stu looks at Winnie. Actually, don't.
Hey @nzlabour @chrishipkins @Maori_Party #kieranmcanulty @NZGreens, are you concerned by this, or is it now sink or swim for embattled Councils drowning in strategic culture wars attacks during lg election year?
June 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Hey @nzlabour @chrishipkins @Maori_Party #kieranmcanulty @NZGreens, are you concerned by this, or is it now sink or swim for embattled Councils drowning in strategic culture wars attacks during lg election year?
May 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
For me it's 1. mangroves (wondershrubs that nurture and sustain entire ecosystems) and 2. the incredible tapeworm (optimum adaptation to lifecycle through numerous species). Still absolutely obsessed, many MANY years on from 7th form Biology 😍
May 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
For me it's 1. mangroves (wondershrubs that nurture and sustain entire ecosystems) and 2. the incredible tapeworm (optimum adaptation to lifecycle through numerous species). Still absolutely obsessed, many MANY years on from 7th form Biology 😍
@victoriachang.bsky.social. Incredible.
March 13, 2025 at 4:35 AM
@victoriachang.bsky.social. Incredible.
Desperate antics could be something to do with this
February 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Desperate antics could be something to do with this
I had to publicise an event at which he was a speaker when working for the Labour Leader’s Office c. 2015/6. First image search results for photos to include on the poster were #wtaf: 😆
February 25, 2024 at 12:12 AM
I had to publicise an event at which he was a speaker when working for the Labour Leader’s Office c. 2015/6. First image search results for photos to include on the poster were #wtaf: 😆
Conspiracist thinking and weird sov cit posturing 101: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/sho...
January 24, 2024 at 6:22 AM
Conspiracist thinking and weird sov cit posturing 101: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/sho...
When it's a busy day in the newsroom and you write for the Levenson psychopathy scale instead of the Flesch Kincaid readability scale
January 12, 2024 at 11:10 PM
When it's a busy day in the newsroom and you write for the Levenson psychopathy scale instead of the Flesch Kincaid readability scale
I followed a few local RW/libertarian org accounts on the hellsite a few days back (prep for thesis). Immediately my feed is a sewer, spouting misogyny, racism and even holocaust denial (!), emboldened by posts from these accounts.
Related: Watched Talk to Me yesterday. 🫣😱👹 #iletyouin
Related: Watched Talk to Me yesterday. 🫣😱👹 #iletyouin
January 1, 2024 at 8:59 PM
I followed a few local RW/libertarian org accounts on the hellsite a few days back (prep for thesis). Immediately my feed is a sewer, spouting misogyny, racism and even holocaust denial (!), emboldened by posts from these accounts.
Related: Watched Talk to Me yesterday. 🫣😱👹 #iletyouin
Related: Watched Talk to Me yesterday. 🫣😱👹 #iletyouin
A mystery for world music / album art recognition experts. I heard music I liked a lot in a 2nd hand bookshop. Took a photo of the CD - not my best work. Now can't remember any details. Anyone recognise this blur?
December 20, 2023 at 9:11 PM
A mystery for world music / album art recognition experts. I heard music I liked a lot in a 2nd hand bookshop. Took a photo of the CD - not my best work. Now can't remember any details. Anyone recognise this blur?
Drop something blue from your gallery.
September 22, 2023 at 8:21 PM
Drop something blue from your gallery.